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41. Critic's Choice

    Nanci Griffith

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Like Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon, Nanci Griffith relies on an understated delivery that belies her songs' countrypolitan ease. The Texas-bred songwriter has traversed the...

42. Critic's Choice

    Tokyo Police Club

    By Megan Metzger

    Published: March 20, 2008

    THIS SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELED. Looking at the success of Tokyo Police Club, one can't help but weep for the music lifer — you know, the guy who uses the baby-formula money...

43. Critic's Choice

    Chatham County Line

    By Chris Parker

    Published: March 20, 2008

    “Birmingham Jail” by Chatham County Line, from IV (Yep Roc): Like a classic '50s muscle car, the neo-traditionalist Chatham County Line echoes with its picking a...

44. Critic's Choice

    Aloha

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: March 20, 2008

    “Body Buzz” by Aloha, from Light Works (Polyvinyl): In the beginning, Aloha earned its indie-rock stripes with mathy, off-kilter tunes that prominently featured...

45. Critic's Choice

    Mike Doughty

    By Andy Vihstadt

    Published: March 20, 2008

    “27 Jennifers” by Mike Doughty, from Golden Delicious (ATO): Fans of the now-defunct Soul Coughing are divided when it comes to former frontman Mike Doughty's solo...

46. Critic's Choice

    Cheyenne

    By Aaron Ladage

    Published: March 20, 2008

    When Cheyenne last wandered onto the musical landscape, there was little doubt about the Oklahoma natives' Midwestern tendencies. The band's first full-length, I Am Haunted, I...

47. Fat Mouth

    Get Quick's Now

    We might have been slow to find Quick's, but the unusual barbecue joint was worth the wait.

    By Charles Ferruzza

    Published: March 20, 2008

    When I was telling a friend about the relatively new barbecue joint Beauchamp's on the Rail (see review, page 29), he asked why I'd never written about one of the city's more...

48. Art

    John Ochs makes a classic Kansas City abstract impression

    By Dana Self

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Do macho, gestural paintings seem to define Kansas City's aesthetic? Perhaps the legacy of Kansas City Art Institute professors Lester Goldman and Warren Rosser is simply too...

49. Stage

    Show Over Tell

    The Rep throws a grand Party, and boys will be boys at the Coterie.

    By Alan Scherstuhl

    Published: March 20, 2008

    The Kansas City Repertory Theatre's all-singing, all-dancing, truth-in-advertising production of A Marvelous Party mostly celebrates Noël Coward's arch little songs and...

50. Art Capsules

    Art Exhibitions

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Biographical Landscape: The Photography of Stephen Shore, 1969-1979 American photographer Stephen Shore's exhibition includes more than 150 images of '70s-era parking lots,...

51. Stage Capsules

    Theater

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Hedwig and the Angry Inch Celebrating its 10th anniversary, this punk-rock valentine pinches gender in a titty-twister and proves that the words rock musical have shit-all to...

52. Game On

    Fuzzy Fights

    The combat's cuddly in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

    By Chris Ward

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Sometimes it's the terrible ideas — say, a TV show about nothing, or stirring corn into your mashed potatoes — that turn out to be genius. Super Smash Bros. landed...